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fire hose

fire hose
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fahyuh r hohz]
    • /faɪər hoʊz/
    • /ˈfaɪə(r) həʊz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fahyuh r hohz]
    • /faɪər hoʊz/

Definitions of fire hose words

  • noun fire hose a special heavy-duty hose for use in fighting destructive fires. 1
  • noun fire hose a powerful hose that can be used to control or extinguish fires, often forming part of the safety equipment of a building 0
  • noun fire hose A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose. 0
  • noun fire hose (Idiomatic) Any fast, heavy stream (e.g. of information). 0
  • noun fire hose (computing) A feed of all updates to a website. 0
  • noun fire hose (Idiomatic) COL A human penis. 0

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Parts of speech for Fire hose

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

fire hose popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

fire hose usage trend in Literature

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